List of Australian Ambassadors to Lebanon

Ambassador to Lebanon
Incumbent Glenn Miles since 2014
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Beirut
Inaugural holder	W.D. Forsyth
Formation	1967

The Australian Ambassador to Lebanon is the Australian Government's foremost diplomatic representative in Lebanon. The Ambassador resides in Beirut.^[1]

List of heads of mission

Chargé d'affaires

• D.J. Kingsmill (1967)

Resident Ambassadors to Lebanon

• Bill Forsyth (1967–1970)^[2]
• Neil Truscott (1970–1973)^[3]
• Pierre Hutton (1973–1975)
• Peter Curtis (1975–1976)^[4]

Chargé d'affaires to Lebanon resident in Damascus

• J.M.C. Watson (1977–1978)
• D.J. Richardson (1978–1980)

Ambassadors to Lebanon resident in Damascus

• Neil Truscott (1978–1983)^[5]
• D.G. Wilson (1983–1984)
• Ross Burns (1984–1987)^[6]
• Ray Spurr (1987–1988)
• J.E. Rawson (Chargé d'affaires 1988–1990)
• Victoria Owen (1990–1992)
• Paul Robilliard (1992–1995)

Resident Ambassadors to Lebanon

• Paul Robilliard (1995–1996)
• Ian Parmeter (1996–1999)^[7]
• John Fennessy (1999–2002)^[8]
• Stephanie Shwabsky (2002–2006)^[9]
• Lyndall Sachs (2006–2009)^[10]
• Jean Dunn (2009–2010)^[11]
• Lex Bartlem (2010–2014)^[12][13]
• Glenn Miles (2014–)^[14]

References

1. CA 8035: Australian Embassy, Lebanon [Beirut], National Archives of Australia, retrieved 1 May 2015
2. "Obituary: William Douglass Forsyth, OBE". The Canberra Times. ACT. 8 March 1993. p. 12.
3. "Diplomatic reshuffle: Japanese post for Freeth". The Canberra Times. ACT. 29 January 1970. p. 1.
4. "Middle East Post". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 July 1975. p. 3.
5. "Envoy to Syria". The Canberra Times. ACT. 27 September 1978. p. 3.
6. "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT. 14 February 1984. p. 3.
7. Evans, Gareth (28 August 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
8. Downer, Alexander (14 August 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador To Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
9. Downer, Alexander (27 September 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 12 February 2014.
10. Downer, Alexander (13 January 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
11. Smith, Stephen (24 August 2009). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
12. Smith, Stephen (8 September 2010). "Diplomatic Appointment - Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015.
13. Tsvirko, Naomi (4 February 2015), "Former Australian Ambassador to Lebanon Reflects: 'Lebanon is a Part of Me'", El Telegraph Weekend, Australian Middle East (AME) Media, archived from the original on 1 May 2015
14. Bishop, Julie (27 November 2014). "Ambassador to Lebanon" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015.